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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication Parade
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Description
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Postcard of the American Legion parade during the Liberty Memorial Dedication in 1921.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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American Legion
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Description
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Folder includes published brochures and speeches, photographs of the 1921 American Legion Convention Executive Committee, charter of the William T. Fitzsimons Post No.8 which was the first post organized in Kansas City, and photostats of court degrees and petitions.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City and the American Legion
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Description
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Article about the Liberty Memorial dedication, a $2 million project. Designed by architect H.V.B. Magonigle for World War I dead.
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Date
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1921-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City and the American Legion
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Description
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Article about plans for the dedication event of the Liberty Memorial with the American Legion, World War I officials from America and abroad, and other festivities, including cowboys and Indians, flying and parachute stunts, the "Jazzy Jazz Revue," dances, weddings, etc. Mention of several prominent or famous people planning to be in attendance, including foreign war leaders "Marshal Foch, Admiral Beatty, Baron Jacques and General Diaz," and American General John Pershing, as well as President Warren Harding, Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, Samuel Gompers, ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacher, architect H. Van Buren McGonigle, "Miss Wyoming," and "Miss Colorado," et al.
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Date
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1921-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
